My Awful Dad
My Awful Dad is a comedy in two acts by Charles Matthews (Charles James Matthews, 1803–1878)[1].
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The original text
It appears to have been first performed by Matthews at the , London, in 1856.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1885: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, opening on March 19th. The cast also included H.C. Sidney, H. Harries, Constance Young, Alice Norton, and others.
Sources
http://bulkimport.lyrtech.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/5668
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mathews,_Charles_James_(DNB00)
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.356, 380
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